initiatives
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Final results of Denver election: Magic mushroom measure’s win confirmed
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The Denver Elections Division released its final official results on Thursday from the May 7 general election. None of the outcomes changed after the military and overseas ballots were counted. Initiative 301, which made Denver the first city in the nation to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms, padded its lead in the final count, winning by 2,291 votes,…
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Tax hikes a key feature of Denver’s fall ballot measures
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When Denverites cast ballots in the November election, they’ll help decide more than just a contentious governor’s race. Mingled in with statewide races and ballot questions will appear a handful of city initiatives. And many of those initiatives ask for tax hikes, so listen up. The initiatives address such matters as flood control, parks, college…
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Oil & gas measures fail signature test, appeal considered
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It’s official, the fight against fracking has reached a dead-end in this 2016 election year in news perhaps not surprising to Colorado Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper. The governor this week predicted the demise of two ballot initiatives that would have sought to limit hydraulic fracturing operations in the state. Turns out he was right. Neither of…
